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• Anna van Ballekom, Schijndel, NL
• Angenes Smeets, Berg aan de Maas (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1802)
• Anna Catharina Ceulemans, Zemst, 1980, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
• Agniet van Boekholt, Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana De Visser, Tholen († 1812)
• Aletta van Lingen, Nederlangbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adam Norbert Kerckhoven (Kerkhoven), Venlo († 1845)
• Anna Maria Spaan, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Egberts (aka Landeweer) Langerhuis, Veendam, province of Groningen († 1843)
• Albertus Olijmulder, Geesteren

• Hendrijntje Evertsen (Hendrika) Van Ginkel (40), Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Eisenlöffel (78), Traisen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Emerantiana Teeuwsen (62), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Emerentiana(ermke) Jacobs Teeuwissen (69), Groesbeek
• Petrus Antheune (78), Zuienkerke,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Emerentiana Teeuwissen Jacobs (64), Groesbeek, Gelderland,Netherlands
• Erm Jacobs Emerentiana (Ermke) Teeuwsen (63), Groesbeek, Nederland
• Maria Cornelisd HAKKESTEEG (59)
• Emerantiana (Ermgardis) Jacobs Teeuwissen (69), Groesbeek
• Antonia Tenório (80), Santo Amaro, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1723 » Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author († 1799)
• 1751 » Caroline Matilda, British princess, queen consort of Denmark († 1775)
• 1754 » Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist († 1825)
• 1760 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy († 1804)
• 1767 » John Quincy Adams, American lawyer and politician, 6th President of the United States († 1848)
• 1826 » Alexander Afanasyev, Russian ethnographer and author († 1871)
• 1832 » Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece († 1896)
• 1834 » James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American-English painter and illustrator († 1903)
• 1836 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer († 1896)
• 1846 » Léon Bloy, French author and poet († 1917)

• 1688 » Narai, Thai king (b. 1629)
• 1774 » Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-English general (b. 1715)
• 1775 » Simon Boerum, American farmer and politician (b. 1724)
• 1797 » Ienăchiță Văcărescu, Romanian historian and philologist (b. 1740)
• 1806 » James Smith, Irish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1719)
• 1825 » Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)
• 1844 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Cornelis
5. Joannes
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Willem
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Cornelia
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Joanna
9. Adriana
10. Trijntje
11. Antje
12. Aaltje
13. Elizabeth
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Janna

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• February 14 » James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
• June 1 » The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, begins.
• June 16 » Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• June 24 » American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
• September 23 » American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USSBonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.

The temperature on July 11, 1779 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.